I’m sure Masnick’s wife and infant appreciate the time spent away from them while he scours the internet looking for random examples of copyright being the devil’s handiwork.

I’ve read a lot of stuff on the internet that has pissed me off, but never to the point where I thought I should drag the writer’s family into it, much less try to use them as some sort of leverage (towards what end?) against the writer.

And as many times as I’ve read something that has pissed me off, nothing has made we want to instantly reach through the screen and punch the writer in the mouth. Until now.

This has all the malevolent ugliness of a mob enforcer commenting of someone’s “nice family” while leaving the implicit violence hanging heavily in the air.

This sort of comment exposes you for what you are: a hate-filled individual who can’t be bothered to attack the writing or even the writer himself at this point and has decided to just vent whatever bile happens to be floating on the top of that brain stem operation you mistakenly call your “intellect.”

Worse, you’ve damaged the future comments of any other AC’s who disagree with what’s written here. Because of the lack of identifying info, ANY AC could be the one who decided Mike’s family should be dragged into the “debate,” and because there’s no way to differentiate, many AC’s arguments will be dismissed more quickly and with more vitriol.

Maybe you’re the same AC who insinuated that I spend all day at home doing useless writing while my wife makes all the money. Maybe not. Who can tell? That’s a problem. And your fellow dissenting ACs can thank you for making their future comments that much easier to dismiss.You’re also not doing any favors for your side of the argument in general. I’m sure they’re not happy to have to count you as part of their team.

I’m personally offended by how much Masnick misrepresents, manipulates, and out-right lies here.

I take that personally.

So be it. But keep it personal. Someone’s family is not a natural extension of their website.